The Big Rock

The Story of the Big Rock that traveled 105 miles from Riverside to Los Angles to become an art piece. The streets of Long Beach will be used to transport a 340-ton, 21-and-a-half-foot-high rock from a quarry in Riverside to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "A lot of planning went into this move to ensure safety and prevent any damage," Mayor Bob Foster said. "We're also planning on having some fun with the rock while it's parked in Long Beach on Wednesday, March 7." A custom-built transporter with 196 wheels will be used to prevent road damage, and travel will only occur at night with a maximum speed of 8 mph. The safest route was selected to include bridges and roadways that were built to higher strength standards and have higher overhead clearances for bridges and wires. No public monies will be used for the transport. Events include an "I Want to Rock With You" party from noon to 4 pm with a DJ playing songs that feature "rock" in the title, food, live artists, the Knolls Ranger, river rock decorating, photo ops with the rock, and more.

All of this for a art piece called "levitated Mass"...like I really want to walk under this big rock in Southern California when an earthquake could happen at any time!!! Will see how it turns out so stay tune for pictures. I guess I was way more impressed with the trailer that they built to move the thing.